Theatre Three, Stage West, MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, Giant Entertainment and Frisco Theatre have joined The Firehouse Theatre, Onstage in Bedford, Mama's Party, WaterTower Theatre, Denton Community Theatre in rallying to raise money for Derek Whitener, Firehouse Theatre's artistic and education director. Whitener was treated Baylor Medical Center in Dallas with a fractured skull after being attacked by two men in a parking lot at Target in Cityplace Jan. 14. He had surgery Sunday to remove a hematoma on his brain.

Theatre Three is offering a concert to benefit Whitener Jan. 24, featuring Calvin Scott Roberts, who arranged and coordinated the concert; Janelle Lutz, Ian Mead Moore, Kimberly Billins-Oliver, Keith J. Warren, Kathryn Taylor Rose and Alexandra Cassens, accompanied by Pam Holcomb-McLain and Rebecca Lowrey, on the company's main stage. Tickets are free, but a cash donation is suggested, with all donations going to Whitener and his family.

Stage West is putting a jar on the box office desk for donations for Whitener during its run of Stupid [Expletive] Bird. Whitener designed the costumes for the regional premiere, which starts previews Thursday, opens Saturday and runs through Feb. 19. Whitener also designed the costumes for the MainStage Irving-Las Colinas production of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and the company will be collecting donations in the lobby throughout the run of the show at the Irving Arts Center.

Firehouse Theatre artistic director Derek Whitener was attacked by two masked men with a lead pipe outside of Target at Cityplace in Uptown on Saturday night, Jan 14. [low-res](Firehouse Theatre)

During the run of Be My Baby, Onstage in Bedford will convert its ongoing "Spare Change Campaign" to benefit Whitener, says the company's board president Mike Hathaway. The show continues through Feb. 12. WaterTower Theatre will be collecting donations at preview and opening night performances of Silent Sky. The show begins previews Friday and opens Monday at the Addison Conference and Theatre Centre in Addison. Denton Community Theatre will collect donations for Whitener at all performances of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Friday through Sunday.

Amy Stevenson, who runs the popular Mama's Party at Uptown Theater in Grand Prairie, will host an open mic night Jan. 30 with all tips going to Whitener's medical fund. Whitener's own theater, The Firehouse Theatre, will donate a portion of this weekend's ticket sales from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Whitener had been performing in the show before the attack. The show finishes its run Sunday with Spencer Baker in the role.

Giant Entertainment will donate a portion of its box office from Icons, a cabaret party celebrating icons lost in 2016, to Whitener's Go Fund Me account. The show, which is a tribute to David Bowie, George Michael, Prince and Carrie Fisher, will be performed Monday at the Margo Jones Theatre in the Magnolia Lounge of Fair Park. Frisco Theatre in Frisco is encouraging patrons on its website and Facebook page to donate to Whitener's Go Fund Me page.

Continues through Feb. 19. Stupid [Expletive] Bird at Stage West, 821 W. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth. $17-$35, a tip jar will be at the box office throughout the run for donations to Whitener. 817-784-9378. stagewest.org

Continues through Sunday. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf from Denton Community Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St., Denton. 940-382-7014. $17.35-$24.60, donations will be collected for Whitener during the performances. dentoncommunitytheatre.com

Nancy Churnin. Nancy covers theater and children's entertainment for The Dallas Morning News. A former theater critic and columnist for the San Diego Edition of the Los Angeles Times, she won two San Diego-area press awards in back-to-back years for Best Arts Feature and has filed theater stories from Moscow and New York. She is a member of the SCBWI, Writer's Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild dating back to her work on the television show Happy Days.